A year ago users of Garmin's sport tracking devices logged into its Garmin Connect site to find a seemingly minor change. Instead of embedding Google Maps, the GPS manufacturer had switched to Microsoft's Bing Maps. According to the 38 pages of comments in Garmin's forums, this was in actuality a major change. A year later, Garmin responded in October by giving users the option of Bing or Google.

APIs have certainly enriched our lives. Thanks to some clever mashups, we are able to share and connect with nearly everyone and everything all over the planet. But what about the world right around you? How can APIs make your own town more connected and provide some rich services to its tax-paying citizens?

The Public Feed API provides a feed of user status updates and page status updates as they are posted to Facebook. Only status updates that have their privacy set to ‘public’ are included in the feed...

This Facebook API enables you to access Campaign Management, Media Plan Management, Creative and Ad Management and Conversion Tracking. With end to end documentation on how to create and manage your...